Advanced WPLink

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1. ★★★★★ Sergei

   6.0y ago

   Прекрасно работал до обновления WordPress до версии 5.5. После обновления бОльшая часть функционала плагина (а именно в ней его суть) не работает. Жаль. Удаляю. Worked great before updating WordPress to 5.5. After the update, most of the plugin’s functionality (namely, its essence) does not work. It’s a pity. I delete. This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Sergei.

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2. ★★★★★ Howdy_McGee

   7.6y ago

   The default editor has really bad issues with the edit permalink inline-popup where it just blinks, you can’t click it. This really help fix that issue.

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3. ★★★★★ Thor Sarup

   8.4y ago

   Excellent plugin. No messy shortcodes needed for adding styled buttons. The styling of buttons is 100% controlled by the designer (CSS) – and NOT in the admin by the editor or author.

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4. ★★★★★ Mark Howells-Mead

   8.6y ago

   Saved the day for a complex project – without it, I’d’ve had to manually migrate thousands of media files to custom fields over many hundreds of blog posts!

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5. ★★★★★ stooni

   8.9y ago

   Enhance WordPress Links with these Plugin! ————– Rally good! ————stooni

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6. ★★★★★ Jochen Gererstorfer

   9.7y ago

   The Advanced WPLink Plugin is installed on all my blogs. It’s time to spread the word. Here is my contribution: [link removed] This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by bdbrown. Reason: links not permitted in reviews

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7. ★★★★★ jodamo5

   9.7y ago

   This plugin is very easy to setup and works perfectly. The drop down styles selector appears in the native WordPress insert link dialogue. And when I installed it, it immediately recognized when I had already applied the styles to an existing link, and showed the correct item in the drop down.

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8. ★★★★★ zielniok

   9.7y ago

   This Plug is the best way to add rel=”nofollow”. Just one issue I would like to see in the plugin: Adding rel=”noopener noreferrer” for all target=”_blank” for security reasons. See also: [links removed] This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by bdbrown. Reason: links not permitted in reviews

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• AddQuicktag 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
• Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C

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Advanced WPLink: 1K+ active installs, 4.8★ (22 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-wplink